Car bomb in central Baghdad kills 10 -police

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Car bomb in central Baghdad kills 10 -police
15 Jul 2007 14:29:44 GMT

BAGHDAD, July 15 (Reuters) - A car bomb exploded near a busy
shopping square in central Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least
10 people, Iraqi police said.

Twenty-five people were wounded by the blast, which ripped
through shops and restaurants near Hussein Square in the mainly
Shi'ite Jadriya district. Two women were among the dead.

U.S. and Iraqi forces have launched a major security clampdown
in the capital targeting militants blamed for indiscriminate
attacks fomenting sectarian hatred, but violence continues to
flare.


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Source: Reuters

FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, July 15
15 Jul 2007 13:11:14 GMT

July 15 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq
at 1300 GMT on Sunday:

* Indicates a new or updated item.

* PANJWIN - Seven Kurdish border guards killed in an ambush
near the Iranian border in attack blamed on al Qaeda-linked
militants, police and a local official said.

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* BAGHDAD - Eight bodies found in the Washash district of
west Baghdad, police said. They had been tortured and shot.

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BAGHDAD - Twenty-one bodies were found dumped in different
parts of the capital on Saturday, the interior ministry said.

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